I most certainly hope that this is a bug, and that this will be removed from the code completely.
I like to go out visiting when we have a rest titan.
Some of us also helped our small sister alliance kill their “blunicorn” some time ago.
I do not like the intention behind this.
It would mean:
either throw lots of expensive items at a titan that would otherwise be a rest titan - in order to kill it
or attack without items just so that the flags do not go to waste - and get measly loot for the escape ( which we have to do when we are locked in for war)
No. 1 is out of the question. Money and items do not rain from the sky
No. 2 is boring. Very much so. But … see No. 1.
This comes from a player who CAN help out.
Now what about the players who NEED and APPRECIATE the help? Are they also supposed to throw money and expensive items at every titan, or just sit there twiddling their thumbs?
I see the intention clearly.
And I do not like it one bit.
I pay money to SG because I want to. Because it makes the game more pleasant for me.
Not because the game forces me to spend spend spend by nerfing things.
I seem to sense a beginning here.
And I do not like it.
In my last game, I was a slayer. A big player who helped smaller players kill their monster battles at the last minute.
Slayers were organized in groups (founded and led by players).
A whole flock of us would join a critical monster battle shortly before the time ran out, kill the monster, provide the loot for all the players in the battle, get loot ourselves, and then leave again, to the thanks of the smaller players. We had saved their day
It was great. It was exciting. And we gladly spent the money for the stamina refills. Because coming over the hills like the cavalry was our favorite pastime in the game.
Past tense.
The devs got greedy and priced slaying out of the reach of ordinary people.
We lost our favorite pastime. We lost our fun.
The game was just going through the motions from then on.
The stupid guild battles that they introduced were not comparable. At all.
Many high levels left. So did I.
The game is now dead.
Please, do not go the way of that game.
For our sake. And for your own sake.
Killing fun and killing community activities is not a good idea.